Picea sitchensis

Campbell Island.<br>Photographer: Jane Gosden, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0'>CC BY-NC-SA</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted tree; Allison St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 23/01/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Planted tree with male (pollen) cones; Allison St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 23/01/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Fallen seed cones from planted tree; Allison St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 23/01/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Sitka spruce

Family

Pinaceae

Authority

Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flower colours

No flowers

Year naturalised

1957

Origin

W. North America

CONIFER IDENTIFICATION

The National Wilding Conifer Control Programme team at Biosecurity New Zealand, a branch of Ministry for Primary Industries, has produced this wilding conifer quick ID guide.

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